Many of us feel as if we are alone, doing this life thing completely solo. Nothing could be further from the truth. Each of us has a spirit team guiding and supporting us. This includes light beings (a.k.a. spirit guides) and loved ones who have passed. Our spirit guides are always with us, offering us […]
In order to learn to follow our inner guidance, the voice of our higher selves, we first need to understand that there are two voices within us. One voice says things like “you’re lazy” or “you need to get it together” or “you’re not successful enough, smart enough, beautiful enough” or “you need to do […]
How do you handle feeling triggered? Do you react when someone triggers you to feel agitated, inferior or disrespected? Most of the time when we’re triggered, we shut down. We cross our arms over our chest and close our hearts. Maybe we pout or fight back. Maybe we become aggressive or diminish the other person. […]
(Photo: Aditiya Saxena) Many years ago, a pesky, nagging thought taunted me, circling around and around in my mind. What if I miss the boat and arrive at the end of my life without ever knowing what I was meant to do? What is my purpose? If this sounds like you, or you feel uninspired […]
So far, 2020 has done a wickedly stellar job at painfully jabbing at our buried fears. No other year in recent memory has collectively triggered us so deeply and so relentlessly. What if I told you that you could put all this fear, anxiety and worry to good use? What if you could use the […]
(Photo: Amadeo Valar) Lost in the Darkness Sitting in a grassy park overlooking the water, I soaked up the spring sunshine and settled into a much-needed catch-up with a girlfriend. The self-isolating, social-distancing, homeschooling, shutdown-of-all-things-we-love saga had taken a toll on all of us. As my friend spoke, I noticed the exasperation in her eyes […]
On a beautiful spring evening 15 years ago, I experienced an epiphany that rocked me to my core. Sitting in the front row of a book-signing event, I watched as the author stepped onto the stage. Wearing a crisp white blouse and a tidy ponytail, she struck me as an individual who had her life […]
(Photo: Guy Roberts on Unsplash) One soggy morning in Spring, I pestered my kids for what seemed an eternity to get themselves dressed and ready to go out for the day. As the minutes flew by without any signs of progress, I felt myself becoming increasingly tense…and more and more intense. Suddenly my eight-year old […]
